Table of Contents

Cover Story

Global Petchems:

Biding Time Till Capacity Surge

Newsbriefs

Top of The Week

Solutia Exits Bankruptcy on Stronger Footing

ADM Charges Railroads with Fixing Fuel Surcharges

Business & Finance News

United States/Americas

Monsanto Boosts Full-Year Forecast

Sherwin-Williams Lowers Profits Outlook

CMAI Voices Measured Optimism Despite Downturn

R&H and Syngenta Firm up Crop Alliance

Dow and Arch Each Boost Biocide Capacity

Cargill and Materia Form Specialty Chemical Company

Schulman to Review Options, Including Possible Sale

Europe/Mideast

Rhodia Sets its Sights on Asia

Wacker Posts Record Results; Polysilicon Stands Out

German Ethylene Pipeline Project Delayed

Asia/Pacific

Siam Cement Plans Cracker, Chlor-Alkali jv in Vietnam

IFC to Invest in Meghmani's Chlor-Alkali Unit

New Construction Projects

Innovation

Coskata Makes Ethanol From Garbage and Used Tires

Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals

FDA to Establish Inspection Offices in China

Nycomed to Shift EU API Production to India

Specialty Chemicals

EU Testing Rule to Slow Gum Imports From India

Digest

Basic Chemicals & Plastics

Dow Shutters EG, ups EO Capacity in Netherlands

Converters Shoulder Rising Resin Costs

Product Focus:

Ethylene Oxide-Ethylene Glycol

CW Price Report

Regulatory

Lawmakers Probe Industry Ties to EPA Panel

Congress Faults EPA Methods for Library Closures

Chemical Found in Raft of 'Organic' Product

CW75

Chemical Stocks Fall on Future Earnings Trough

Departments

Viewpoint

Key Changes

Leading Indicator:

Fed Acts Again

Features

Marketplace

GPCA Insight

Chemical Week - March 24-March 31, 2008 Index